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Show THE PLITF01UI Of lbs InJrpeadrnt "iYorUnjrarn' Parfy. At the rally of the Independent Workiogmen's Party, held in the Federal court room last cvenlug,the following platform was adopted: I As worklogmcn we recognize the neceuhy of self-proteetlonud rewire ourselves Into a permanent organization organiza-tion with tbls at our primary object. We bv h.l innumernbl? proofs that lbs till) at tabor can only be advanced ad-vanced by the organized euoru of those who live by tlielr honest toil. 2 That Ibe workincman mux. In order to secure recognition, rccogntza and realize his own power as a sovereign sover-eign citixe-n, and we hereby announce lo all tbat tbU power will not be bartered bar-tered for tbo empty pro:nl- of aiplr-iOKpnlllMn! aiplr-iOKpnlllMn! 3 Tbat Utah work ahall go to t (ah workmen, and tbat we recogniza as Utah workmen all thoje, no maUer from whither ibey have come, who hao como amon.t us lomtkethla Territory ihelr borne. 4 That as f Jrtora in tba body rvatlt-I rvatlt-I wo aro prepared toassume oar por ttonf Ibe responsibility In tho con duct of public affair. $ Tbat we commend and plsdge ourselves to support and maintain any honorable policy which wilt protect pro-tect our citizen aglu foreign labor. And we shall insut Uwn such tariff legislation and the rigid enforcement ot existing laws against tbe impbrta-Uon impbrta-Uon of contract labor ai will Insure such protection. Wepledgeour-elves to sucii rr.eaturaa awill promote the dignity of labor and Ibe elevation or the laboring classes, and sccur to them such compensation for their labor la-bor as wilt analils Hum to secure homes for their families end to educate edu-cate their children. We favor a redaction re-daction in lli hurs of Ul-or. and shall foi'drer work lor ibe eiccutiod o! pro' visions touching thtf settlement of difference dif-ference between capital and labor by arbitration. U rnat fidelity to the laws ef our country and the Territory iLall be at all limes imperative, ar.H 1: shall M bo duly nrt oh.'e: of tljK ryllbleal body to enforce a strict oiwi vaute c: tbe same. I'alrlotKUi Is tbo first element ele-ment that constitutes a paseport to tbe privileges and rights of American ciuzenthip, and should always dwell iu tbe nearts of the American people. 7 That tbo election laws of this country, which wero intended aud framed forajust and honest purpose, have been manipulated br political cnemers who, to gratlf v Utnrlils for office, hat e prostituted Ihe l.tws nl tho land to such an extent iDtt an hoUesl voter Is ata loss to know when hois or when be U not a citizen of this glorious country. 8 Tbatowlnj to tbe imperfection and misapplication of our present t lection sTstcui, and owing lo the adoption by many of the ino-t progressive pro-gressive Stale Iu tbe Uclod, We declare de-clare ourselves in favor of the Australian Aus-tralian ballot system. a Wo d'rnaiid that registrar or Judges ot cldIon shall net bo cllrfblo to W elected to any otDco within thet gift of the rple at the election for which tbey are judges or rcjrht-rara. rcjrht-rara. ls Tht tin numbers, wealth, social so-cial an J educational standing ud Independence In-dependence of the citizens of this Territory Ter-ritory fully entitle ihem to look fur- , ward to the early admission of Utah I as a Sovereign State. I It Wo believe Ibat the education of ihoyouog should be free, and obligatory obliga-tory upon ItiofcUte; that a knowledge of the common school branch! should be a rcmuite for tl.o ctera-o of tbe franchise. Wo approre tbe compulsory cbiusecf the educational law pavvxl by the last Igislalure, I nut Insist tha: no child under the ago I of ten be allowed to work In Ihestorrx, factories, workshop, mines or at any j oUier kind of Ubor. and thai between the ages of ten and fourteen thsy ' noula be required to au. nd school at ' le-t-ilhreedayslneach schoolwetk. I 12. That the iegisUtlte assembly of ' tha lerrnory should ias an appro- prute apprentice law iu order that the ' male children of Utah may be .ai.gtit ' u iMcome skilled mechanic in mo different trade and cccuiadous. i H We favor tho enactment of stich i laws by our Federal government as ' ball plaee silt er on a ur with gold and uiaae it -n full suuidird forait debts, but public and private and such laA-sa will encourago tha develop ment of our minus and the Ixttcr protection pro-tection of our luineral and agricultural agricul-tural lands to bona tide ciuieus, and aaint the balding of cither nuues ur lands by an alioii or en alien corpora- j tlon. ' I 14 For tbe protection of our manufacturer, manu-facturer, who bavo licen barrased by competition wIJi tbe product of convict labor. Imported hero lo Ihe great detriment of manufacturing enterprise en-terprise of ihis Terr lory, for which it is well ada4ed, wo demand that Ihe legislature of iblsTerritory enact such iaaa will best sate the intercita of the largo number engaged in such ' laudable pursuit. i 15 We also favor the enactment of such laws by our legislature as will ecuro lo tbe farmer, a f tir and will:- I able return for tbe productof his labor and lighten tbo burden which bat ' nandieapjssi this greatest of all In-1 dustries. As a part of tho remaining bu.- nesof the inee-llng, tile following1 resolullous wereiassed: i Ilesolrttl, Tliat we censure the Utah Commission for itsmal-adinlnlstratlon ' ln our reoeat elections. Jtetolmt, That all men are born free and equal, and that every Invat naturalized or native-born adult male should enjoy the full rights of citizenship, citizen-ship, on the ground that all are rational being, rlghtfullr Interested In their own social condition aud government. gov-ernment. We tbeiefore denounce as un-American and a opposed to tbo genius of our institutions alt attempts loili.fraachlie mn for their allpgeil lietHrfs or opinion. ifrsofraf. Tin: wi lows property, personal and real, to tho amount of fSMO, should be exempt from taxation. |
